Alaska Army National Guard aviators assigned to Joint Task Force – Aviation prepare a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter for takeoff before recovering service members from JTF – Bethel from Nightmute, Alaska, after they assisted with storm debris removal as part of Operation Merbok Response, Sept. 23, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across mor
Alaska Army National Guard aviators assigned to Joint Task Force – Aviation prepare a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter for takeoff before recovering service members from JTF – Bethel from Nightmute, Alaska, after they assisted with storm debris removal as part of Operation Merbok Response, Sept. 23, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O'Neal)
Size: 6162px × 4107px
Photo credit: © Operation 2022 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: alaska, disaster, merbok, newtok, operation, response, western
